Reception class Stay and Pray - Wednesday 17th June 2026

Lesson: Religious education

Class: EYFS (F2) Reception Year: 2025 - 2026

We welcomed our parents into class this afternoon for a special Celebration of the Word.

We listened to a story from the Bible  about a special rule that Jesus had to 'Love one another' (John 13: 34-35).

We also prayed and sang about our friends in school and around the world!

We shared what we have learnt about the friends of Jesus who lived a long time ago.

But we also know that everyone can be a friend of Jesus, especially us!

"It is important to care about our friends" (Junior).

"I'm going to try and keep the special rule" (Sophia).

"We need to say thank you to God for our friends" (Luca)

After our Celebration of the Word, we spent some time doing lovely activities with our grown ups who had joined us.

There were prayer pebbles to paint, love heart friend strips, Prayer packs, fishy friends and friends around the world on a map.

At the end of the afternoon we were given a special book called. 'God is very clever,' to take home and keep.

Our grown ups said:

'The worship made me feel very included getting to join in."

"I loved the singing from the children."

"We are going to buy some rosary beads!"